Mt Barker People in 1889
In the year 1889 when the SA Directory was produced there were 1000 people living in the town and there were 260 houses. In comparing the statistics for the years 1885 and 1889, the population had only grown by 48 in 4 years, and only10 more houses had been erected in that time.
The first list below were officials in the town in that year. The second list are the householders and their occupations.
| Town Officials | |
| Post Master | William Rossi |
| Stipendiary Magistrate | H.C. Swan |
| Clerk of Courts | O. Skipper |
| Court Bailiff | J. Chapman |
| Resident Justices of the Peace | Thomas Paltridge, Octavius Weld, F.C. Smith, A.W. Richardson, T.H. Shepherdson, L.Von Doussa |
| Church Ministers | Rev. J.L. Lumsdon (Christ Church); Rev. P. Landy & Rev. J. Martin (St Francis de Sales Catholic); Rev. T.M. Rowe (Dunn Memorial Wesleyan); Rev. J. Price (Baptist); Rev. H. Hartely (Primitive Methodist); Rev. Alexander M. Lawson (Presbyterian) |
| Bank Managers | William Bray (National); H.P. Moore (Australasia) |
| Hotel Keepers | W. Weidemann (Hotel Barker); W.Ritson (Gray's Inn) |
| Institute Secretary | F.R. Smith |
| Local Residents & their occupations & addresses |
| Addison, L. - bank clerk |
| Alexander, Thomas - farmer |
| Allen, Thomas - laborer, Walker Street |
| Anderson Bros. - sawyers, Exhibition Road |
| Anderson, M - carter, Exhibition Road |
| Andrews, Richard - no occupation, Tobias Street |
| Atkinson, William - butcher, Gawler Street |
| Baker, H. - blacksmith, no address |
| Balls, Miss Ellen - farmer, Echunga Road |
| Barker, L.L. - laborer, no address |
| Barker, Sophia - draper, Gawler Street |
| Barnes, N. - no occupation, Dutton Place |
| Beavis, T snr - blacksmith, Adelaide Road |
| Bell, Allan - farmer |
| Bickle, L.W. - surgeon, Commercial Road |
| Blight, F - laborer, no address |
| Blight, Richard - laborer, no address |
| Bollen, W.H. - overseer at Teakletown |
| Bowman, William - no occupation, no address |
| Buermann, Carl jnr - cabinet maker, Gawler Street |
| Buermann, Carl - no occupation, Gawler Street |
| Bugg, G.H. - blacksmith, The Flat |
| Bugg, H. - laborer, no address |
| Cameron, D. - blacksmith, Wistow Road |
| Cameron, D. - carter, Walker Street |
| Cameron, D. jnr - no occupation or address |
| Cameron, George - blacksmith, Hamden Road |
| Cameron, Miss J - no occupation, Gawler Street |
| Cameron, Mrs snr - no occupation, The Flat |
| Cameron, Simon - agent, Teakletown |
| Cameron, Peter - painter, Teakletown |
| Carr, L.W. - store keeper, Gawler Street |
| Carr, William - carpenter and undertaker, no address |
| Carey, Mrs - no occupation, no address |
| Carey, Peter - butcher, no address |
| Carey, Timothy - baker, no address |
| Champion, A. - no occupation, Champion Terrace |
| Chapman, Alexander - laborer, Dutton Place |
| Chapman, F.H. - store keeper's assistant, Gawler Street |
| Chapman, William - corn dealer and seedsman, Cameron Street (now Cameron Road) |
| Chapman, John R. - no occupation, Teakletown |
| Charlton, Charles - laborer, no address |
| Cleggett, James - farmer, Echunga Road |
| Clode, T. - sergeant of police, Gawler Street |
| Clough, C.F. - resident engineer, address is Richmond |
| Cockburn, Dr. J.A. - medical practitioner, Teakletown |
| Coleman, Edward A. - apiarist, Fairfield apiary |
| Coleman, Mrs. L. - sheep farmer, no address |
| Cook, John - printer, Exhibition Road |
| Cook, Arthur - boot maker, Exhibition Road |
| Cope, Mrs L. - no occupation, Dutton Place |
| Cope, Sydney - tailor, Cameron Street (now Cameron Road) |
| Cornelius, Ada - store keeper, Gawler Street |
| Cornelius & Williams - auctioneers, Gawler Street |
| Cornelius, F.T. - auctioneer, Stephen Street |
| Cornelius, W. - wheelwright, Wistow Road |
| Craig, George - farmer, Wistow Road |
| Crick, James - laborer, no address |
| Crompton, John - dairyman, Adelaide Road |
| Daniels, Richard "Dickie" - blacksmith & Wesleyan Church elder, Adelaide Road |
| Davis, Daniel - carter, no address |
| Davis, J.E. - carter, no address |
| Davies, W. - farmer, no address |
| Davies, W.C. - mason, Teakletown |
| Daw, Alfred C. - butcher, Gawler Street |
| Dishon, J.L. - miller with Dunn & Co, Cameron Street |
| Doorne, F. - laborer, Dutton Place |
| Doyle, Mrs Mary - no occupation, Walker Street |
| Dumas, Charles M.R. - proprietor "Mt Barker Courier" newspaper, Mann Street |
| Duncan, David - currier, no address |
| Dunn, John - Justice of the Peace, miller at Jno. Dunn & Co., Cameron Street & "The Laurels" |
| Dunn, Jno. & Co - flour millers, Cameron Street |
| Dutch, Charles - machinist, Adelaide Road |
| Dutch, J. - machinist, Adelaide Road |
| Dutch, William - machinist, Adelaide Road |
| Easlea, George F. - laborer, no address |
| Easlea, Walter - laborer, Teakletown |
| Ellis, M - laborer, no address |
| Ellis, W - laborer, no address |
| Ekers, W.L. - telegraph assistant, no address |
| Eyles, John - no occupation, Adelaide Road |
| Fergusson, J.C. - chemist, Gawler Street |
| Fitzgerald, T - overseer, Adelaide Road |
| Fitzgerald, W - carter, Adelaide Road |
| Follett, John - farmer, Adelaide Road |
| Follett, M. - no occupation, Dutton Place |
| Foster, F. - laborer, no address |
| Foster, Jesse - laborer, no address |
| Frampton, G. - ganger, no address but likely Railway Terrace |
| Freeman, Henry - blacksmith, Tobias Street |
| Freeman, S. - farmer, no address |
| French, George - wheelwright, no address |
| Fry, George - carrier, no address |
| Fry, John - coachman, no address |
| Gasson, W. - currier, no address |
| Gilbert, Thomas - blacksmith, Adelaide Road |
| Gow, John C.E. - Crow's Nest (above the town behind Gilbert's garage) |
| Gray, William - manager National Bank, Gawler Street |
| Gray, William B. - no occupation, no address |
| Gryst, E.F. - fitter, no address |
| Hall, Thomas - laborer, Adelaide Road |
| Hallawell, Thomas - farmer, Echunga Road |
| Harrington, Thomas B. - bank clerk, no address |
| Harrison, G.F. - journalist, no address |
| Harrison, Robert. - teacher, Gawler Street |
| Hayman, F.E. - draughtsman, no address |
| Hayman, H. - draughtsman, no address |
| Hayman, H.W. - no occupation, no address |
| Hedges, William N. - builder, address is given as Richmond |
| Hill, Mrs William, no occupation, Crow's Nest |
| Houlston, Thomas - butcher, no address |
| Hudson, John - laborer, no address |
| Hunt, H.C. - laborer, no address |
| Hunt, Henry - mason, Adelaide Road |
| Hurley, Lawrence - tanner, no address |
| Hurley, W. - tanner, no address |
| Johnston, James - saddler, Tobias Street |
| Jones, Mrs Sarah - no occupation, Champion Street |
| Jones, Thomas - farmer |
| Kessner, A. - tailor, no address |
| Kitson, H. - farmer, no address |
| Landy, Rev. P - Catholic priest |
| Laver, J.R. - draper's assistant, Gawler Street |
| Lawson, Alexander M.A. - Presbyterian Minister |
| Leanery, A.E. - railway clerk, Teakletown |
| Lee, Charles - teacher, no address |
| Leibelt, C. - wood carter, no address |
| Leibling, F. T. - saddler, Gawler Street |
| Lumsden, Rev. J.L. - Christ Church minister |
| Lyon, Alexander D. - blacksmith, Adelaide Road |
| Macarty, William jnr - hawker, Teakletown |
| MacFarlane, Lachlan - farmer, Adelaide Road |
| McFarlane, Hugh - tanner, The Flat |
| McFarlane, Mrs M. - no occupation, Victoria Crescent |
| Marks, E.A. - hairdresser, Gawler Street |
| Martin, Rev. James - Catholic priest |
| May, Frederick - Justice of the Peace and apiarist, Uplands apiary on the Echunga Road (formerly Fairfield) |
| McEwen, John - dairyman, Cameron Street |
| McEwen, W. - auctioneer's clerk, Gawler Street |
| McKenzie, Roderick - storekeeper, Gawler Street |
| Meadows, Mrs M. - no occupation, no address |
| Milne, George - carpenter, Mill Lane |
| Milne, D. - carpenter, Mill Land |
| Mitchell, J. - laborer, Exhibition Road |
| Moore, H.P. - manager Bank of Australasia, Gawler Street |
| Morris, Mrs - nurse, Victoria Crescent |
| Muldoon, J. - baker's assistant, Tobias Street |
| Murray, Mrs Jessie - no occupation, Commercial Road |
| Murray, M. - laborer, Morphett Street |
| Neate, P. - plasterer, Dutton Place |
| Neate, Ralph - plasterer, Gawler Street |
| Neate, Mrs T. - no occupation, Cameron Road |
| Oborn, David - farmer, no address |
| Oborn, Samuel - laborer, The Flat |
| Oborn, William - laborer, The Flat |
| O'Leary, James - laborer, Hamden Road |
| O'Loughlin, T. - tanner, no address |
| O'Toole, John - railway packer, no address (probably Railway Terrace) |
| Paltridge, Frederick - auctioneer's clerk, Gawler Street |
| Paltridge, Harry - surveyor, Tobias Street |
| Paltridge, John - auctioneer, Gawler Street |
| Paltridge, Thomas C. - boot maker, Gawler Street |
| Paltridge, T. - currier, no address |
| Paltridge, Richard C. - tanner, Gawler Street |
| Paltridge, Samuel - tanner, Richmond |
| Peake, Robert - carrier, The Flat |
| Peake, William - store keeper, The Flat |
| Pellew, John - unspecified occupation, Dutton Place |
| Pollard, J. - driver, Hamden Road |
| Pollard, William - blacksmith, The Flat |
| Pope, Charles - carter, no address |
| Pope, J. - carter, no address |
| Pope, John - carter, no address |
| Pope, Reuben - no occupation, no address |
| Potter, A. - tinsmith, Gawler Street |
| Power, William J. - station master, Station house, Railway Terrace |
| Price, Miss - dress maker, Tobias Street |
| Price, Miss B. - teacher, no address |
| Price, Rev. John - Baptist minister, Tobias Street |
| Prisk, John - school master, no address |
| Pritchard, James - draper and grocer, Gawler Street |
| Raison, C - carter, Victoria Crescent |
| Raison, J. - laborer, Victoria Crescent |
| Raison, Thomas - blacksmith, Victoria Crescent |
| Ramsay, James S - Mt Barker Dairy Co |
| Ramsay, J.G. & Co - machinists, no address |
| Ramsay, R.G. - grazier, no address |
| Rice, Robert - farmer, no address |
| Richardson, Adam W. - Justice of the Peace and chemist, Gawler Street |
| Riddle, C. - laborer, Morphett Street |
| Ritson, William - hotelier, Gray's Inn, Gawler Street |
| Robson, Mrs B. - store keeper, Tobias Street |
| Rollison, W. - no occupation, "The Briars" |
| Rose, James - banker, no address (probably Gawler Street) |
| Ross, Mrs D. - no occupation, Gawler Street |
| Rossi, William - post and telegraph master, Gawler Street |
| Rowe, Rev. T.M. - Wesleyan Minister, no address |
| Ryder, W.C - constable, Gawler Street |
| Salmon, W. - blacksmith, The Flat |
| Sanders, B - no occupation, address is given as Netley |
| Sexton, Alfred - boot maker, Gawler Street |
| Simmonds, Miss M. - no occupation, Adelaide Road |
| Simpson, Mrs W. - no occupation, Tobias Street |
| Sisson, Thomas - no occupation, Mill Lane |
| Skipper, M.J. - law clerk, Gawler Street |
| Skipper, Ovtavius - clerk of the local court, Hamden Road |
| Skully, M. - laborer, Victoria Crescent |
| Skully, M - laborer, The Flat |
| Smith, Frederick Charles - machinist, Adelaide Road |
| Smith, Francis Isaac - clerk of the District Council, no address |
| Smith, E.A. - machinist, Walker Street |
| Smith, F.F. - Singer's agent, Gawler Street |
| Smith, F.R. - ranger, no address |
| Smith R. Barr - no occupation, "Auchendarroch", Adelaide Road |
| Stephenson, Thomas H. - farmer, "Brookbank", Echunga Road |
| Sullivan, M. - barman, no address |
| Taylor, C.E. - printer, The Flat |
| Taylor, Henry - no occupation, Morphett Street |
| Teakle, David - no occupation, Teakletown |
| Tear, Edward - store keeper, Dutton Place [I believe this name should be TEARE] |
| Thomas, John - printer, Gawler Street |
| Thompson, Theodore Horatio - farmer, Wistow Road |
| Thomson, J.R. - machinist, Commercial Road |
| Thomson, W.R. - foreman builder, no address |
| Thybell, Charles - gardener, no address |
| Tonkin, A - no occupation, The Flat |
| Trigg, E. - carpenter, no address |
| Turner, W.A. - painter, no address |
| Tyrie, A. - currier, address given as Richmond |
| Tyrie, Miss F. - school teacher, Gawler Street |
| Tyrell, Mrs - no occupation, Hamden Road |
| Von Doussa, Louis - solicitor, address is given as Thornton |
| Walker, Miss - teacher, no address |
| Walker, Mrs M.C. - no occupation, Dutton Place |
| Walkom, William - carpenter (and occasionally undertaker), Commercial Road |
| Wallace, J. - laborer, Gawler Street |
| Wallace, Miss - dress maker, Gawler Street |
| Wallace, Mrs - no occupation, Gawler Street |
| Wandke, William - farmer, no address |
| Webber, John - mason, no address |
| Webber, T. - mason, Exhibition Road |
| Wedd, John - carrier, no address |
| Welch, Johanna - no occupation, no address |
| Weld, Octavius - Justice of the Peace and medical practitioner, Tobias Street |
| Weidemann, William - hotelier - Hotel Barker, Gawler Street |
| Whitby, G.C. - bank clerk, Gawler Street |
| Whitley, A. - railway porter, no address (probably Railway Terrace) |
| Williams, C. - railway porter, no address (probably Railway Terrace) |
| Williams, James W. - road contractor, Hamden Road |
| Wilson, W. - farmer, "Westbrook" |
| Wishart, Mrs - no occupation, Gawler Street |
| Wood, John - wheelwright, Adelaide Road |
| Woodland, H. - laborer, Railway Park |
| Woodland, John - no occupation, no address |
| Wren, Charles - carrier, no address |
| Wright, Mrs - no occupation, Dutton Place |
| Wylie, A.T. - coach painter, Adelaide Road |
| Wylie, A. - blacksmith, no address |
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